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Publisher
[Meredith Corp., etc.]
Pub. Date
1902
Language
English
Description
Includes various special sections or issues annually: 1968- Harvesting issue (usually no. 7 or 8); 1968- Crop planning issue (usually no. 12; title varies slightly); Machinery management issue (usually no. 2); 1970- Crop planting issue (usually no. 4; title varies slightly).
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
As our world's population grows, so too does our need for energy. Scientists seek the next breakthrough in new technology while constantly finding ways to make current solutions cheaper and more efficient. In this title, discover what sustainable agriculture is, its history, how we practice it today, and how new technologies can contribute to our energy future. Learn about how farmers use energy, what steps they are taking to use new sources of energy...
Author
Publisher
Quarto Pub Group USA
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Where does our food come from? Is farming different around the world? In this illustrated book, follow sustainable farming around the world to discover how farmers from Hawaii, to Sweden, the UK, and beyond grow the fresh and tasty food we enjoy eating. Explore the seasonal workings of farms around the world, and how food can be grown using sustainable methods that focus on quality versus quantity to ensure an environmentally healthy future.--Amazon...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When the author, a Columbia professor, set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big, he thought up. His stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These multi-story intensely managed indoor farms, grown inside skyscrapers, are capable of producing traditional greenhouse crops, as well as pigs and fowl, year-round. They would provide solutions to...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ben Hartman is a true innovator for the small farm.-Curtis Stone, author of The Urban Farmer It's time to think big about small farms. Award-winning author and green leader (Grist) Ben Hartman shares practical how-to tips, personal stories, and surprising examples of cutting-edge farmers and innovators around the world to show us how. In the early 1970s, US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz infamously commanded farmers to get big or get out. In The...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young people who have a desire to work with Nature will learn about careers in sustainable agriculture. Careers include organic farmer, farm manager, greenhouse worker, research scientist, beekeeper, environmental engineer, rancher, and tree surgeon. Readers will learn about the common dangers of farm work and explore the numerous vocational opportunities that are available. This comprehensive book provides information about training, education, and...
12) Farmers
Author
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters Pub
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Discusses what farmers do and how their work has changed and continues to change over the years.
Author
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters Publ
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the main crops grown in the United States, the soil composition and climate conditions necessary for their growth, the development of hybrids, and the importance of caring for the land.
14) AgScience
Publisher
[College of Agriculture, Pennsylvania State University?
Pub. Date
1984
Language
English
15) The tiny but mighty farm: cultivating high yields, community, and self-sufficiency from a home farm
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discover how to turn a typical suburban property into a food-growing machine in The Tiny But Mighty Farm. Feed your family and maybe even turn a profit-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Since precolonial times, agriculture has been deeply woven into the fabric of Pennsylvania's history and culture. Pennsylvania Farming presents the first history of Pennsylvania agriculture in more than sixty years and offers a completely new perspective. Sally McMurry goes beyond a strictly economic approach and considers the diverse forces that helped shape the farming landscape, from physical factors to cultural repertoires to labor systems. Above...
19) Living on farms
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Provides a simple introduction to the history, animals, machines, products, and importance of farms.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate. Featured in Food and Country, premiering at Sundance 2023. Raised as a fourth-generation farmer, when Will Harris inherited White Oak Pastures he was a full-time commodity cowboy who played hard and fast with every tool the system offered - chemicals, antibiotics,...
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